Duke University Progress Pictures Collection, 1925-1932

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Duke University Progress Pictures Collection, 1925-1932

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These photographs were taken during the initial construction of Duke University, 1925-1932. There is one set of pictures for East Campus and two sets for West, and modern copy prints and copy negatives of some images. The collection includes approximately 1000 mounted images in two bound sets (copy 1 and copy 2), along several file folders of mounted and unmounted prints.

3.5 Linear Feet; approximately 1000 Items

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University Archives, Duke University.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6360444

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Duke Construction Company.

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These photographs were taken during the initial construction of Duke University, 1925-1932. According to the specification books for individual buildings, the contractor was to "furnish to the Architect each month during the construction of the structure, three photographs in duplicate, showing the progress of the work during the preceding month, taken from three different points to be agreed upon and always from the same points. These photographs shall be 8 x 10 inch, mounted on li...